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Dan S (NY) 09-27-2009 12:03:30 75.131.77.157 75921 Report to Moderator	I am finally getting around to installing the hood on my TO30 I have been slowly working on for a couple years and ran into a bit of a problem. This TO30 did not come with a gas tank when I bought it, but I had a spare sitting around and put it in. Now, with the hood on I find that it won’t close all the way! It doesn’t come all they way down to meet the dash and I find that it is the gas cap/filler neck that is the problem. Its to tall! I went out to my TO20 and the filler neck is significantly shorter on its tank. The two tanks look the same in all other ways though. I have posted a picture comparing the two neck heights... The parts book only shows one part number for the gas tank for the TO20,TO30,TE20, TEA20. Does anyone know why there is a difference in these two tanks? Thanks, Dan [Reply]   [Send Email]
craigreavley 09-30-2009 07:10:39 198.102.252.12 76029 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   Never Ever Ever cut a hole in the hood. I have a perfect hood that someone cut a hole in it with an axe. I will trade you hoods. When a loader is instaled hood cutting was the result   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Dan S (NY) 09-30-2009 09:12:06 216.27.112.8 76035 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to craigreavley, 09-30-2009 07:10:39   Don't worry, I wouldn't even consider cutting a hole in my hood. I would buy a new tank before I did that, although from this discussion I don't think I'll have to... Dan   [Reply]   [Send Email]
john[mo] 09-29-2009 10:48:00 75.130.214.130 76005 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   i think the necks are soldered in. a taller one could have been soldered in without looking like it was changed.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Dan S (NY) 09-29-2009 12:05:02 216.27.112.8 76006 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to john[mo], 09-29-2009 10:48:00   I have taken a closer look at the neck and it looks like it is as you say.. There is a small lip of metal that fits inside the neck where it meets the tank and it looks like its soldered in there. Doesn't look to difficult. I would be tempted to try this myself with a torch, but I'm a bit cautious about blowing up. Dan   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Ralph from NY 09-28-2009 18:39:53 208.64.72.143 75983 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   Try a good radiator shop. They can wash the tank out, take the neck off, cut it down and resolder it. I have had a radiator shop repair several tanks for me.   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Dan S (NY) 09-29-2009 06:49:28 216.27.112.8 75997 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Ralph from NY, 09-28-2009 18:39:53   I think I will have to try that. Hopefully there is a shop in my area that works on gas tanks. Thanks, Dan   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Brent, IN 09-28-2009 13:57:46 76.242.58.115 75973 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   Can you cut the neck off, trim it shorter, and weld it back on? That would be better than cutting a hole in the hood. More original looking also.   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Joe Ferguson 09-28-2009 06:48:41 216.209.124.135 75950 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   Previous tank owner may had done repair/modification to have the neck trough the hood if there was a loader which not permit to open the hood for gas filling. My 2¢ Joe Ferguson   [Reply]   [No Email]
Dan S (NY) 09-28-2009 07:53:46 216.27.112.8 75952 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Joe Ferguson, 09-28-2009 06:48:41   It would have been a really profesional job if they did. No apparent cutting and welding..it looks like it was manufactured this way. I"m not sure yet what to do about this other than getting a different tank. I don"t want to cut a hole in my hood! New tanks aren"t cheap either... I think this fergy just doesn't want to leave the garage. Dan   [Reply]   [Send Email]
Bendee 09-28-2009 03:22:30 124.254.65.210 75944 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   My tea 20 has the filler recessed into the tank.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Richard L 09-27-2009 13:09:34 96.36.26.33 75922 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Dan S (NY), 09-27-2009 12:03:30   My only thinking is that the tall one may have been made in the land of almost right.   [Reply]   [No Email]
Dan S (NY) 09-27-2009 13:15:58 75.131.77.157 75923 Report to Moderator	Re: Hood won't close! in reply to Richard L, 09-27-2009 13:09:34   I don't think so...I got it as spare parts back when I got my TO20 from an 80 year old guy that had a bunch of old fergy parts. It looked like it had been around a long time. If its a repro, its a really old one. Dan   [Reply]   [Send Email]